OASIS Uncovers: High-Quality T2I Models, Same Old Stereotypes

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.00962v1
• Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2025 21:47:52 GMT
• Title: OASIS Uncovers: High-Quality T2I Models, Same Old Stereotypes
• Authors: Sepehr Dehdashtian, Gautam Sreekumar, Vishnu Naresh Boddeti,
• Abstract summary: Images generated by text-to-image (T2I) models often exhibit visual biases and stereotypes of concepts such as culture and profession. We propose a quantitative measure of stereotypes that align with its sociological definition. OASIS includes two scores to measure stereotypes from a generated image dataset.
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• Abstract: Images generated by text-to-image (T2I) models often exhibit visual biases and stereotypes of concepts such as culture and profession. Existing quantitative measures of stereotypes are based on statistical parity that does not align with the sociological definition of stereotypes and, therefore, incorrectly categorizes biases as stereotypes. Instead of oversimplifying stereotypes as biases, we propose a quantitative measure of stereotypes that aligns with its sociological definition. We then propose OASIS to measure the stereotypes in a generated dataset and understand their origins within the T2I model. OASIS includes two scores to measure stereotypes from a generated image dataset: (M1) Stereotype Score to measure the distributional violation of stereotypical attributes, and (M2) WALS to measure spectral variance in the images along a stereotypical attribute. OASIS also includes two methods to understand the origins of stereotypes in T2I models: (U1) StOP to discover attributes that the T2I model internally associates with a given concept, and (U2) SPI to quantify the emergence of stereotypical attributes in the latent space of the T2I model during image generation. Despite the considerable progress in image fidelity, using OASIS, we conclude that newer T2I models such as FLUX.1 and SDv3 contain strong stereotypical predispositions about concepts and still generate images with widespread stereotypical attributes. Additionally, the quantity of stereotypes worsens for nationalities with lower Internet footprints.

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